U2's 'Songs of Surrender' Revisited and Reviewed.

U2 releases "Songs of Surrender," an album of 40 reimagined songs, and a Disney+ documentary, "Bono & the Edge: A Sort of Homecoming, With Dave Letterman," reflecting on the band's past. The album features largely acoustic arrangements of U2's arena anthems, recasting them as private conversations. The documentary mixes biographical interviews and bits of Ireland's history, and stages two performances. While the album has a few clever second thoughts about U2's catalog, most of the remakes strip away too much, leaving the inescapable fact that these songs are being rethought and revived years later, not created anew.